Bottle attachment



Mar. 20, 1923. 1,449,335

L. LATHAM BOTTLE ATTACHMENT Filed June 21, 1922 INVENTOR AITORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Mar. 26, 1923.

UNHTEE Thd i a t atta n LOGAN L. LATHAM, OF LATHAM, MISSOURI.

BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed June 21, 1922. Serial No. 569,982.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOGAN L. LATHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Latham in the county of Moniteau and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle Attachments of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for 10 bottles and has for its object the provision of an absorbent member adapted to be engaged upon the neck of a sauce bottle or the like for the purpose of absorbing any of the liquid which spills onto the outside of the neck and thus preventing soiling of the table cloth.

It is well known that restaurants, hotels and similar eating places generally have upon the table one or more bottles of sauce used for flavoring meats, and other articles of food. It is also well known that when the sauce is poured out of the bottle and the bottle is returned to upright position a few drops of the liquid will run down the neck and this results in discoloring the label and making it unattractive looking and also causes soiling of the tab-1e cloth. lVith these facts in view I have designed the present device which eliminates this objectionable 3O feature and which therefore operates to effect a great saving on laundry bills.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, efiicient in service and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of a bottle equipped with my device,

Figure 2 is a cross section through the neck Figure 3 is a view of the absorbent member detached and unrolled.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4.4c of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings the letter A designates a bottle such as is used for containing sauce for meats and the like. In carrying out my invention 1 provide an attachment consisting of a strip 10 of blotting paper of a length sufiieient to pass once completely around the neck of the bottle. In its simplest form the device might consist merely of this strip wrapped about the bottle neck and held thereon by a rubber band or a piece of string. It is however, advantageous to mount this strip of blotter upon a larger and longer strip 11 of paper coated on one side with an adhesive. In Figure 3 I have shown this paper strip as having one end 12 greatly reduced and the other end wider than the strip of blotter with one edge of the blotter registering with one edge of the paper strip.

The device is applied by first sticking the small end 12 of the paper strip'on the bottle neck, then wrapping the blotter and paper strip about the bottle neck and finally wrapping the loose wide end 13 of the paper strip onto the previously wrapped portion and sticking it down. When the device is thus applied it will be apparent that the blotter will be concealed from view by the paper strip.

In the operation it will be seen that whenever sauce is poured out of the bottle and the bottle returned to normal position any of the liquid which may run down the outside of the neck will be absorbed by the blotter and will thus be prevented from running down and soiling the table cloth or defacing the label.

lVhile l have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A bottle attachment comprising a strip of absorbent material, a strip of impervious material secured to one side of the absorbent strip and projecting beyond the ends there of, a portion of the impervious strip being coated with adhesive.

the strip of blotter and intermediate portion of the paper strip Wrapped about the bottle neck With the Wider end of the paper strip 10 Wrapped onto the intermediate portion thereof and stuck down.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOGAN L. LATHAM. 

